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Milestone alert: Fuzz grabbed his toes!
Baby (Not Fuzz) Touching Toes
I know little of baby milestones. I know they eventually do stuff, like grab their hands and babble, and roll over and sit up, but I never kept track of when it should happen with either kid. The pediatrician asked me if he was cooing, smiling, grabbing his hands, and she checked his head control, but that’s all she mentioned the other day.
So, today, when I was changing the Fuzz, he grabbed his toes with one hand. I thought maybe I’d look it up and see when babies are supposed to do that.
I couldn’t find anything specific on grabbing feet, but I did find this list which was very interesting to me. I don’t plan on using it as a guideline or anything. I think that would just make me crazy if I didn’t see Fuzz do one of the things in the month they say he’s supposed to do it.
However, while I notice big things like rolling over, or loud things like cooing, there are lots of little things I take for granted.
I don’t always notice right away when something happens, or something is gone. For example, it didn’t occur to me that when Fuzz was grabbing at his blanket (and shoving it in his mouth) that this was a milestone. Also, I didn’t realize there was a difference between a social smile and a smile of recognition, but it makes sense, actually. I can tell now when he’s smiling at me, that he knows it’s me, versus a random person at Trader Joe’s. I think he recognizes his brother now too, which is kind of exciting.
Are you obsessed with milestones? When did your baby grab his/her toes?
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2 Comments
Danielle commented on Dec 17 10 at 3:01 pmI am not obsessed with milestones, but that’s probably because so far, both my kids hit them early or on time. My youngest will be 4 months old next week, and she seems to be ahead of the game so far. She grabs her toes, and her newest obsession is rolling over. In fact, diaper changes are already hard because she tries to roll over as soon as she gets on her back. I will admit that I would be totally freaked out if one of my kids was late on something.
Emma commented on Dec 20 10 at 9:07 pmMy little one first grabbed his toes at a few days shy of 4 months, and I was just thrilled when he did it. I’m not at all obsessed with milestones, but yesterday morning he got his first tooth and I just about cried, I felt so inexplicably excited for him!
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